Florimond Hurault de Montigny

Florimond Hurault de Montigny (died 25 October 1720) was the French governor of Martinique from 1717 to 1720. He was killed by pirate captain Bartholomew Roberts in 1720.

Biography
Montigny became the Governor of Martinique after Antoine d'Arcy in 1717, and preceded Jacques Charles de Bochard de Noray de Champigny. In October 1720, pirate Bartholomew Roberts caught the Governor of Martinique, who was sailing aboard a man-of-war. Robert's ship pulled up next to the man-of-war pretending to be a French merchant ship, and offered information on the location of Captain Roberts before suddenly attacking it, spraying the warship with cannon and small arms fire, after which the pirates boarded it and took it over using pistols and cutlasses. The Governor was caught and promptly hanged on the yardarm of the "Royal Fortune".